2011 Home Page

Welcome to the Wiki site for Room 11 for 2011.

Our Learning Intentions for Term One 2011 are:

Relating to Others, Managing Self, Participating & Contributing, Values

Communicate and learn information about each other.
Learn each others names.
Learn about honesty, friendship, respect, fairness, responsibility.
Work in groups to complete assigned activities.
Learn about community - recycling, reducing and re-using.
Accepting and managing responsibilities within the classroom.

Numeracy

Learn the times tables 2, 5 and 10 first and then 3, 4 6, 7, 8, 9.
Learn how to carry out simple subtraction sums.
Learn some strategies that enable us to calculate sums when we do not have instant recall of the answer.
(These strategies could involve using a number line, rounding, doubling and halving, using place value.)
Solve addition sums by adding the tens and then the ones when doubling 32+32= 30+30+2+2
Learn how to use simple graphs and manipulate the information they contain.
To be able to read, write and say numbers correctly, including bigger numbers.

Literacy

Describe characters in our books. (Venn diagrams).
Understand how a story is made; such as characters, scenes, problems and solution.
To improve our known sight vocabulary and to spell these words correctly.

Thinking

Use Venn and PMI charts to describe and compare events.
Ask reflection questions in pairs and groups.
Form 'good' questions to inform our Inquiry topic.
Use a KWHL chart to start an Inquiry topic.

Creativity

Play the chords C and F on the Ukulele.
Use our imagination to make clay heads.

Physical Education

Swim freestyle (for some the beginning is to put our faces in the water and blow bubbles).
Improve our overall level of general physical fitness.
Learn how to throw a shot-put.
Learn how to pass a baton and compete in a running relay race.
Learn how to complete a high jump and a long jump.

Maori

Follow commands in Maori.
Understand our NZ history timeline.

ICT

Use pages and keynote to present our work.
Use the computer to find accurate information for our Inquiry topic.